The Nolet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 584 people carried this name — #37,993 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 4% from 609 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Nolet surname
From French Nolet, an apheretic form of personal names like Renolet, diminutive form of Renaud.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nolet» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 168 people named Nolet.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Nolet live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Nolet,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacobus Nolet 1740–1806 · politician -
Jacobus Nolet 1740–1806 · politician
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Jan Nolet de Brauwere van Steeland 1815–1888 · writer -
Anthony Nolet 1867–1961 · art collector -
Jean-Paul Nolet 1924–2000 · radio personality -
Vincent Nolet 1911–1982 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nolet.
- Nohe 218 · U.S. census
- Noirot 180 · U.S. census
- Noisette 296 · U.S. census
- Nol 198 · U.S. census
- Nolan 46,054 · U.S. census
- Nold 1,503 · U.S. census
- Nolf 636 · U.S. census
- Nolin 2,500 · U.S. census
- Noll 10,374 · U.S. census
- Nolle 292 · U.S. census
- Nollet 152 · U.S. census
- Nonnenmacher 327 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Nolet is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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